Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Owlstone Road, Newnham.
Liberal Democrats ruling Cambridge City Council appear hell-bent on making the city an impractical and expensive place to live and do business in. Expanding the areas of the city which are covered by conservation areas is one of the ways in which decisions made by the local council have a damaging effect [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
This evening I watched councillors refuse a planning application from Cambridge Tennis Club on Wilberforce Road. The club had applied for permission to put up floodlights on three currently unlit courts.
The Vote
Cambridge City Council don’t record which why councillors vote, even on matters of substantial public interest such as this application. I have therefore [...]
Monday, September 7, 2009
Cambridge City Council tree officer Kenny McGregor explains why he thinks a tree ought be felled. Cllr Julie Smith, who will decide the tree’s fate, looks on.
On Thursday the 3rd of September I attended a public walk-round of Lammas Land with, Kenny McGregor, one of Cambridge City Council’s tree officers. Cllr Julie Smith, the Executive [...]
Consultation documents relating to Cambridge City Council’s proposed tree works on Lammas Land reveal the two substantial trees near the junction of Newnham Road and Barton Road may be felled.
Cambridge City Council has plans to conduct major tree works on Lammas Land; the area between the City Centre and Newnham bounded by [...]